. Historical portraits ... uo w c2; ou COW > c H c;c c r: O O ■r, c. ■p 5 ^ s o < c K o O Si z in (0 c/) o r^ ^ ■^ X .i:: u ■j^ Si 1. <; ^ ^ yi •^ o «^ Ci! ■3] rt ;/; SIR FRANCIS WALSINGHAM 169 was his pertinacity in tracking out the Babington Conspiracy of1585 that brought Mary Stuart to the block. His methods wereneither more nor less subtle or cruel than those of his contem-poraries abroad: he had spies in every Court and in half themercantile communities of Europe; and on occasions he did notspare the rack in order to extract evidence. He died in 1590 a poor man who had spent his
. Historical portraits ... uo w c2; ou COW > c H c;c c r: O O ■r, c. ■p 5 ^ s o < c K o O Si z in (0 c/) o r^ ^ ■^ X .i:: u ■j^ Si 1. <; ^ ^ yi •^ o «^ Ci! ■3] rt ;/; SIR FRANCIS WALSINGHAM 169 was his pertinacity in tracking out the Babington Conspiracy of1585 that brought Mary Stuart to the block. His methods wereneither more nor less subtle or cruel than those of his contem-poraries abroad: he had spies in every Court and in half themercantile communities of Europe; and on occasions he did notspare the rack in order to extract evidence. He died in 1590 a poor man who had spent his private fortunein the service of the State and received almost no reward for doingso; but in spite of his poverty he was a benefactor to both Univer-sities and an eager patron both of literature and exploration. Hisonly daughter became successively the wife of Sir Philip Sidneyand of the Earl of Essex. lyo ROBERT DEVEREUX SECOND EARL OF ESSEX (1567-1601) the last of Oueen Elizabeths favourites, was the son of WalterDevereux, first Earl of Essex
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